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my 29, 1924T F. W. PENDERGAST MOP Filed May 31, 1923 Patentes .any ae, ieee.

niet t f isaeez FREDERICK J'. PENDERGAST, OIE CAMBRIDGE, FLASeliCl-USET'LS; GRACE T. FENDER- ADMINISTRTRIX OF SAID/ FREDERICK W. PENDERGAST, DECEASEVD.

MOP.

Application filed May 31, 1923.. Serial No. '$42,497.

To @ZZ ywhom. t "may concer/n.:

Be it known that L FREDERICK W'. PEN- Y nEnGAsT, a citizen of the' United States, residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex andV State oli' Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mops, ot which the following isa specilication.

This invention relates to a mop comprising a rod or handle, and ainop body coinposed of a bunch of threads, bound against the inner end of the handle by a flexible wire rod engagedat its end portions withr the rod and at its central port-ion with the mop body.

The object of the invention is to provide a durable and inexpensive mop, the wire member of which is adapted to be p ut under tension during the Voperation of assembling the members or parts, and to lirmly bind the mop threads against the inner end oi' the body.

The object is attained by the impro ved construction hereinafter described and claimed.

Of the acompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is aside view ot a mop embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a section "on line ure 1.

Figure 3 is a view of the opposite side..

Figures 4 and 5 are side views of the notched inner end portion oic the handle.

Figure 6 is an end view looking toward the notched end.

Figures 7 and 8 are perspective views of the wire member, Figure 7 showing it before, and Figure 8` after its completion.

The saine reference characters indicate the same parts in all the iigures.

In the drawings, 12 represents the handle, which may be of anydesired length, and is preferablyT a cylindrical wooden rod. The inner end of the handle is notched, preferably by forming two intersect-ing transverse V-shaped notches therein, as shown by Fig- 2 of Figures 4, 5 and 6, in Ywhich 13, 13 represent the The handle is transversely bored to form the head 17.

an oriiice 15 adjacent to and spaced from the notched end.

Themop body 16 is composed oit a bunchV of the handle and their central portions are pressed'into the said grooves.

I provide mop body conlining means including a tiexible'wire rod, one end otwhich is bentto toi-in a hook-shaped reinforcing head 17.' lVhilethe main portion oi the wire is straight, I, insert itin theforitice 15 until the heard 17 bears on one side of the handle at one end `of the orifice, the handle being preferably provided with a recess 18 (Figure 2),

receiving said head. The portion 19 of the wire located in the vorifice is a member o'f'an inner neck portion. The rod is then bent at 2O (Figure 7) and extended along one side of Y thewire to form aside port-ion 21 of a loop which includes an outer neck portion 22 eX- tending across the notched end ot the'handle, and another sideportion 23 extendingalong the opposite side of the handle to and across The rod is bent at 24, above its intersection with the headand` extended into the orifice 15 to form another inner neck portion 25, beside the neck portion 19. The length of the rod is such that it has an end portion 26 opposite that on which the head 17 is formed, said end portion projecting from the handle as shown by dotted lines in Figure 2, far enough to be grasped by pincers and pulled in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figure 2, to exert tension on the looped portion, and thus cause the outer neck portion 22 to clamp the mop threads firmly against the notched end of the handle. The bearing of the head 17 against the handle enables the desired tension to be eX- erted on the looped portion.

A plug 27 of wood or other suitable nia- -terial is then driven into the orifice 15, to

@Online the inner neck portions therein and maintain the tension on the loop portion. The end portion V26 is then cut off close to the handle.

The head 17 supports the inward pressure of the side portion 23, and prevents liability ofsplitting the handle below the orifice 15.

The side portions 21 and 23 may be conned against the handle by a metal ring 28, of such diameter that it may be forced down upon the handle and upon the side portions, and held in contact with the side portions by friction.

I claim: t

l. A mop comprising a handle having a notched inner end and a transverse Vorifice spaced above said end; a mop body coinposed of a bunch or" mop threads, the central portions of which are laid across the notched end of the handle; and mop-body coniining means including a flexible Wire rod having a hooked reinforcing head formed from one end of the Wire andfbearing on one side of the handle, tivo inner neck portionsertending through the oriiice, and a loop composed of two side portions extending beside the handle and an outer neck` portion connectingthe side portions and extending across the notched end of the handle, yto confine the threads against said notched` end, one of said side portions bearing on said reinforcing head, the looped portion being maintained under tension, and the head reinforcing the handle at one end of said orifice, and supporting the pressure of a portion of said rod.

2. A mop comprising a handle having a notched inner end and a transverse oriiice spaced above said end; a mop body composed of a bunch of mop threads, the central portions of Whichare laid across the notched end of the handle; and mop-body confining means including a fiexiblervire rod having a hooked reinforcing head formed from Aone end of the Wire and bearingon one side of the handle, tWo inner neck portions extending through the orifices, and a loop composed of two side portions extending beside the handle and an outer neck portion connecting the side portions and extending across the notched end of the handle, to

confine the threads against said notched end,

3. A mop substantially as specified by claim 2, said securing means being a plug inserted in the said orifice, said inner neck portionsand plug maintaining the loop portion under tension.

4f. A mop substantially as specified by claim l, thernotched end of the handle being formed by cutting intersecting V-shaped grooves therein, so that the said inner end has a plurality of thread-engaging spurs.

5. A mop substantially as specified by claim l, comprising also a confining ring surrounding a portion of the handle and confining said side portions against the handle.

6. A mop substantially as specified by claim 1, the said handle being provided with a head-receiving recess at one end of said orifice. i l

In testimony whereof I have aiiiXed my signature.

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FREDERICK W. PENDERGAST.

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Witnesses:

CHARLES F. BROWN, GRACE T. PENDERGAST. 

